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Brown JL, Batista ER, Boncella JM, Gaunt AJ, Reilly SD, Scott BL, Tomson NC. A Linear trans-Bis(imido) Neptunium(V) Actinyl Analog: NpV(NDipp)2(tBu2bipy)2Cl (Dipp = 2,6-iPr2C6H3). J Am Chem Soc 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b06667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jessie L. Brown
- Chemistry, ‡Theoretical, and §Materials Physics and Applications
Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry, ‡Theoretical, and §Materials Physics and Applications
Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry, ‡Theoretical, and §Materials Physics and Applications
Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry, ‡Theoretical, and §Materials Physics and Applications
Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry, ‡Theoretical, and §Materials Physics and Applications
Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry, ‡Theoretical, and §Materials Physics and Applications
Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry, ‡Theoretical, and §Materials Physics and Applications
Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Liddle ST. The Renaissance of Non-Aqueous Uranium Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:8604-41. [PMID: 26079536 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201412168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Prior to the year 2000, non-aqueous uranium chemistry mainly involved metallocene and classical alkyl, amide, or alkoxide compounds as well as established carbene, imido, and oxo derivatives. Since then, there has been a resurgence of the area, and dramatic developments of supporting ligands and multiply bonded ligand types, small-molecule activation, and magnetism have been reported. This Review 1) introduces the reader to some of the specialist theories of the area, 2) covers all-important starting materials, 3) surveys contemporary ligand classes installed at uranium, including alkyl, aryl, arene, carbene, amide, imide, nitride, alkoxide, aryloxide, and oxo compounds, 4) describes advances in the area of single-molecule magnetism, and 5) summarizes the coordination and activation of small molecules, including carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, dinitrogen, white phosphorus, and alkanes.
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- Stephen T Liddle
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD (UK).
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Gardner BM, Balázs G, Scheer M, Tuna F, McInnes EJL, McMaster J, Lewis W, Blake AJ, Liddle ST. Triamidoamine uranium(IV)-arsenic complexes containing one-, two- and threefold U-As bonding interactions. Nat Chem 2015; 7:582-90. [PMID: 26100807 DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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To further our fundamental understanding of the nature and extent of covalency in uranium-ligand bonding, and the benefits that this may have for the design of new ligands for nuclear waste separation, there is burgeoning interest in the nature of uranium complexes with soft- and multiple-bond-donor ligands. Despite this, there have so far been no examples of structurally authenticated molecular uranium-arsenic bonds under ambient conditions. Here, we report molecular uranium(IV)-arsenic complexes featuring formal single, double and triple U-As bonding interactions. Compound formulations are supported by a range of characterization techniques, and theoretical calculations suggest the presence of polarized covalent one-, two- and threefold bonding interactions between uranium and arsenic in parent arsenide [U-AsH2], terminal arsinidene [U=AsH] and arsenido [U≡AsK2] complexes, respectively. These studies inform our understanding of the bonding of actinides with soft donor ligands and may be of use in future ligand design in this area.
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- Benedict M Gardner
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Institut of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitaets Strasse 31, Regensburg 93053, Germany
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- Institut of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitaets Strasse 31, Regensburg 93053, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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Arnold PL, Prescimone A, Farnaby JH, Mansell SM, Parsons S, Kaltsoyannis N. Characterizing pressure-induced uranium C-H agostic bonds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:6735-9. [PMID: 25882329 PMCID: PMC4515102 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201411250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The diuranium(III) compound [UN''2]2(μ-η(6):η(6)-C6H6) (N''=N(SiMe3)2) has been studied using variable, high-pressure single-crystal X-ray crystallography, and density functional theory . In this compound, the low-coordinate metal cations are coupled through π- and δ-symmetric arene overlap and show close metal-CH contacts with the flexible methyl CH groups of the sterically encumbered amido ligands. The metal-metal separation decreases with increasing pressure, but the most significant structural changes are to the close contacts between ligand CH bonds and the U centers. Although the interatomic distances are suggestive of agostic-type interactions between the U and ligand peripheral CH groups, QTAIM (quantum theory of atoms-in-molecules) computational analysis suggests that there is no such interaction at ambient pressure. However, QTAIM and NBO analyses indicate that the interaction becomes agostic at 3.2 GPa.
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- Polly L Arnold
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ (UK).
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ (UK)
- Current address: Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ (UK)
- Current address: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ (UK)
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ (UK)
- Current address: Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS (UK)
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ (UK).
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK).
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Lewis FW, Harwood LM, Hudson MJ, Geist A, Kozhevnikov VN, Distler P, John J. Hydrophilic sulfonated bis-1,2,4-triazine ligands are highly effective reagents for separating actinides(iii) from lanthanides(iii) via selective formation of aqueous actinide complexes. Chem Sci 2015; 6:4812-4821. [PMID: 29142716 PMCID: PMC5667576 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01328c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Tetrasulfonated bis-1,2,4-triazine ligands can selectively complex and separate actinides from lanthanides in aqueous nitric acid with very high selectivities.
We report the first examples of hydrophilic 6,6′-bis(1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)-2,2′-bipyridine (BTBP) and 2,9-bis(1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)-1,10-phenanthroline (BTPhen) ligands, and their applications as actinide(iii) selective aqueous complexing agents. The combination of a hydrophobic diamide ligand in the organic phase and a hydrophilic tetrasulfonated bis-triazine ligand in the aqueous phase is able to separate Am(iii) from Eu(iii) by selective Am(iii) complex formation across a range of nitric acid concentrations with very high selectivities, and without the use of buffers. In contrast, disulfonated bis-triazine ligands are unable to separate Am(iii) from Eu(iii) in this system. The greater ability of the tetrasulfonated ligands to retain Am(iii) selectively in the aqueous phase than the corresponding disulfonated ligands appears to be due to the higher aqueous solubilities of the complexes of the tetrasulfonated ligands with Am(iii). The selectivities for Am(iii) complexation observed with hydrophilic tetrasulfonated bis-triazine ligands are in many cases far higher than those found with the polyaminocarboxylate ligands previously used as actinide-selective complexing agents, and are comparable to those found with the parent hydrophobic bis-triazine ligands. Thus we demonstrate a feasible alternative method to separate actinides from lanthanides than the widely studied approach of selective actinide extraction with hydrophobic bis-1,2,4-triazine ligands such as CyMe4-BTBP and CyMe4-BTPhen.
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- Frank W Lewis
- Department of Chemistry , The University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading RG6 6AD , UK . .,Department of Applied Sciences , Faculty of Health and Life Sciences , Northumbria University , Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT-INE) , Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany .
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- Department of Applied Sciences , Faculty of Health and Life Sciences , Northumbria University , Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST , UK .
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- Department of Nuclear Chemistry , Czech Technical University in Prague , Břehová 7 , 115 19 Prague 1 , Czech Republic .
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- Department of Nuclear Chemistry , Czech Technical University in Prague , Břehová 7 , 115 19 Prague 1 , Czech Republic .
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Huang QR, Kingham JR, Kaltsoyannis N. The strength of actinide-element bonds from the quantum theory of atoms-in-molecules. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:2554-66. [PMID: 25307773 DOI: 10.1039/c4dt02323d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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[AnX(3)](2)(μ-η(2):η(2)-N(2)) (An = Th-Pu; X = F, Cl, Br, Me, H, OPh) have been studied using relativistic density functional theory. Geometric and vibrational data suggest that metal→N(2) charge transfer maximises at the protactinium systems, which feature the longest N-N bonds and the smallest σ(N-N), as a result of partial population of the N-N π* orbitals. There is very strong correlation of the standard quantum theory of atoms-in-molecules (QTAIM) metrics - bond critical point ρ, ∇(2)ρ and H and delocalisation indices - with An-N and N-N bond lengths and σ(N-N), but the correlation with An-N interaction energies is very poor. A similar situation exists for the other systems studied; neutral and cationic actinide monoxide and dioxides, and AnL(3+) and AnL(3)(3+) (L = pyridine (Py), pyrazine (Pz) and triazine (Tz)) with the exception of some of the ∇(2)ρ data, for which moderate to good correlations with energy data are sometimes seen. By contrast, in almost all cases there is very strong correlation of interaction and bond energies with |ΔQ(QTAIM)(An)|, a simple QTAIM metric which measures the amount of charge transferred to or from the actinide on compound formation.
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- Qian-Rui Huang
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK.
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Arnold PL, Prescimone A, Farnaby JH, Mansell SM, Parsons S, Kaltsoyannis N. Characterizing Pressure-Induced Uranium CH Agostic Bonds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201411250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hervé A, Bouzidi Y, Berthet JC, Belkhiri L, Thuéry P, Boucekkine A, Ephritikhine M. U(III)-CN versus U(IV)-NC coordination in tris(silylamide) complexes. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:2474-90. [PMID: 25686295 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Treatment of the metallacycle [UN*2(N,C)] [N* = N(SiMe3)2; N,C = CH2SiMe2N(SiMe3)] with [HNEt3][BPh4], [HNEt3]Cl, and [pyH][OTf] (OTf = OSO2CF3) gave the cationic compound [UN*3][BPh4] (1) and the neutral complexes [UN*3X] [X = Cl (3), OTf (4)], respectively. The dinuclear complex [{UN*(μ-N,C)(μ-OTf)}2] (5) and its tetrahydrofuran (THF) adduct [{UN*(N,C)(THF)(μ-OTf)}2] (6) were obtained by thermal decomposition of 4. The successive addition of NEt4CN or KCN to 1 led to the formation of the cyanido-bridged dinuclear compound [(UN*3)2(μ-CN)][BPh4] (7) and the mononuclear mono- and bis(cyanide) complexes [UN*3(CN)] (2) and [M][UN*3(CN)2] [M = NEt4 (8), K(THF)4 (9)], while crystals of [K(18-crown-6)][UN*3(CN)2] (10) were obtained by the oxidation of [K(18-crown-6)][UN*3(CN)] with pyridine N-oxide. The THF adduct of 1, [UN*3(THF)][BPh4], and complexes 2-7, 9 and 10 were characterized by their X-ray crystal structure. In contrast to their U(III) analogues [NMe4][UN*3(CN)] and [K(18-crown-6)]2[UN*3(CN)2] in which the CN anions are coordinated to the metal center via the C atom, complexes 2 and 9 exhibit the isocyanide U-NC coordination mode of the cyanide ligand. This U(III)/U(IV) differentiation has been analyzed using density functional theory calculations. The observed preferential coordinations are well explained considering the electronic structures of the different species and metal-ligand bonding energies. A comparison of the different quantum descriptors, i.e., bond orders, NPA/QTAIM data, and energy decomposition analysis, has allowed highlighting of the subtle balance between covalent, ionic, and steric factors that govern the U-CN/NC bonding.
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- Alexandre Hervé
- CEA, IRAMIS, UMR 3685 NIMBE, CEA/CNRS NIMBE, CEA/Saclay , 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Yuan LY, Sun M, Mei L, Wang L, Zheng LR, Gao ZQ, Zhang J, Zhao YL, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. New Insight of Coordination and Extraction of Uranium(VI) with N-Donating Ligands in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: N,N′-Diethyl-N,N′-ditolyldipicolinamide as a Case Study. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:1992-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ic502890w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Li-Yong Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron
Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron
Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron
Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- School of Radiological & Interdisciplinary Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Manna D, Mula S, Bhattacharyya A, Chattopadhyay S, Ghanty TK. Actinide selectivity of 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxamide and its derivatives: a theoretical prediction followed by experimental validation. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:1332-40. [DOI: 10.1039/c4dt02402h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Selectivities of 1,10-phenanthroline based mixed hard and soft donor ligands towards Am(iii) over the Eu(iii) ion have been predicted theoretically and validated experimentally through synthesis and solvent extraction techniques.
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- Debashree Manna
- Theoretical Chemistry Section
- Chemistry Group
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai 400 085
- India
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- Bio-Organic Division
- Chemistry Group
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai 400 085
- India
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- Theoretical Chemistry Section
- Chemistry Group
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai 400 085
- India
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Macor JA, Brown JL, Cross JN, Daly SR, Gaunt AJ, Girolami GS, Janicke MT, Kozimor SA, Neu MP, Olson AC, Reilly SD, Scott BL. Coordination chemistry of 2,2′-biphenylenedithiophosphinate and diphenyldithiophosphinate with U, Np, and Pu. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:18923-36. [DOI: 10.1039/c5dt02976g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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New members of the dithiophosphinic acid family of potential actinide extractants were prepared: heterocyclic 2,2′-biphenylenedithiophosphinic acids.
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- Joseph A. Macor
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Los Alamos
- USA
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Urbana
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Los Alamos
- USA
- The University of Iowa
- Iowa City
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Matson EM, Breshears AT, Kiernicki JJ, Newell BS, Fanwick PE, Shores MP, Walensky JR, Bart SC. Trivalent uranium phenylchalcogenide complexes: exploring the bonding and reactivity with CS2 in the Tp*2UEPh series (E = O, S, Se, Te). Inorg Chem 2014; 53:12977-85. [PMID: 25415677 DOI: 10.1021/ic5020658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The trivalent uranium phenylchalcogenide series, Tp*2UEPh (Tp* = hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate, E = O (1), S (2), Se (3), Te (4)), has been synthesized to investigate the nature of the U-E bond. All compounds have been characterized by (1)H NMR, infrared and electronic absorption spectroscopies, and in the case of 4, X-ray crystallography. Compound 4 was also studied by SQUID magnetometry. Computational studies establish Mulliken spin densities for the uranium centers ranging from 3.005 to 3.027 (B3LYP), consistent for uranium-chalcogenide bonds that are primarily ionic in nature, with a small covalent contribution. The reactivity of 2-4 toward carbon disulfide was also investigated and showed reversible CS2 insertion into the U(III)-E bond, forming Tp*2U(κ(2)-S2CEPh) (E = S (5), Se (6), Te (7)). Compound 5 was characterized crystallographically.
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- Ellen M Matson
- H.C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette 47907, Indiana, United States
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Wu QY, Lan JH, Wang CZ, Zhao YL, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Understanding the interactions of neptunium and plutonium ions with graphene oxide: scalar-relativistic DFT investigations. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:10273-80. [PMID: 25302669 DOI: 10.1021/jp5069945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Due to the vast application potential of graphene oxide (GO)-based materials in nuclear waste processing, it is of pivotal importance to investigate the interaction mechanisms between actinide cations such as Np(V) and Pu(IV, VI) ions and GO. In this work, we have considered four types of GOs modified by hydroxyl, carboxyl, and carbonyl groups at the edge and epoxy group on the surface, respectively. The structures, bonding nature, and binding energies of Np(V) and Pu(IV, VI) complexes with GOs have been investigated systematically using scalar-relativistic density functional theory (DFT). Geometries and harmonic frequencies suggest that Pu(IV) ions coordinate more easily with GOs compared to Np(V) and Pu(VI) ions. NBO and electron density analyses reveal that the coordination bond between Pu(IV) ions and GO possesses more covalency, whereas for Np(V) and Pu(VI) ions electrostatic interaction dominates the An-OG bond. The binding energies in aqueous solution reveal that the adsorption abilities of all GOs for actinide ions follow the order of Pu(IV) > Pu(VI) > Np(V), which is in excellent agreement with experimental observations. It is expected that this study can provide useful information for developing more efficient GO-based materials for radioactive wastewater treatment.
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- Qun-Yan Wu
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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Schnaars DD, Wilson RE. Lattice Solvent and Crystal Phase Effects on the Vibrational Spectra of UO2Cl42–. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:11036-45. [DOI: 10.1021/ic501553m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- David D. Schnaars
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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DFT study and dynamic NMR evidence for cis-trans conformational isomerism in square planar Ni(II) thioselenophosphinate, Ni(SeSPPh2)2. J Organomet Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2014.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Cross JN, Villa EM, Darling VR, Polinski MJ, Lin J, Tan X, Kikugawa N, Shatruk M, Baumbach R, Albrecht-Schmitt TE. Straightforward Reductive Routes to Air-Stable Uranium(III) and Neptunium(III) Materials. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:7455-66. [DOI: 10.1021/ic500771t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Justin N. Cross
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftan
Way, 310 DLC, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick
Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick
Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftan
Way, 310 DLC, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftan
Way, 310 DLC, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick
Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftan
Way, 310 DLC, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- National
High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftan
Way, 310 DLC, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- National
High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftan
Way, 310 DLC, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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Hervé A, Bouzidi Y, Berthet JC, Belkhiri L, Thuéry P, Boucekkine A, Ephritikhine M. U–CN versus Ce–NC Coordination in Trivalent Complexes Derived from M[N(SiMe3)2]3 (M = Ce, U). Inorg Chem 2014; 53:6995-7013. [DOI: 10.1021/ic500939t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Alexandre Hervé
- CEA, IRAMIS, NIMBE, UMR 3299 CEA/CNRS SIS2M, CEA/Saclay, Bat 125, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- URCHEMS,
Département de Chimie, Université Constantine 1, 25000 Constantine, Algeria
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- CEA, IRAMIS, NIMBE, UMR 3299 CEA/CNRS SIS2M, CEA/Saclay, Bat 125, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- URCHEMS,
Département de Chimie, Université Constantine 1, 25000 Constantine, Algeria
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- CEA, IRAMIS, NIMBE, UMR 3299 CEA/CNRS SIS2M, CEA/Saclay, Bat 125, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut
des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- CEA, IRAMIS, NIMBE, UMR 3299 CEA/CNRS SIS2M, CEA/Saclay, Bat 125, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Jhang RY, Liao JH, Liu C, Kuimov VA, Gusarova NK, Artem'ev AV. A new convenient synthetic route to metal diselenophosphinates: Synthesis and characterization of [M2(Se2PPh2)4] (M = Zn, Cd and Hg) complexes. J Organomet Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2014.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Zaiter A, Amine B, Bouzidi Y, Belkhiri L, Boucekkine A, Ephritikhine M. Selectivity of Azine Ligands Toward Lanthanide(III)/Actinide(III) Differentiation: A Relativistic DFT Based Rationalization. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:4687-97. [DOI: 10.1021/ic500361b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Abdellah Zaiter
- URCHEMS, Université Constantine 1 (ex. Mentouri), route
de Ain El Bey, 25017 Constantine, Algeria
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- URCHEMS, Université Constantine 1 (ex. Mentouri), route
de Ain El Bey, 25017 Constantine, Algeria
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- URCHEMS, Université Constantine 1 (ex. Mentouri), route
de Ain El Bey, 25017 Constantine, Algeria
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- URCHEMS, Université Constantine 1 (ex. Mentouri), route
de Ain El Bey, 25017 Constantine, Algeria
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- Institut des Sciences
Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Campus de
Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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La Pierre HS, Meyer K. Activation of Small Molecules by Molecular Uranium Complexes. PROGRESS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/9781118792797.ch05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lucena AF, Carretas JM, Marçalo J, Michelini MDC, Rutkowski PX, Gibson JK. Dissociation of Gas-Phase Bimetallic Clusters as a Probe of Charge Densities: The Effective Charge of Uranyl. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:2159-66. [DOI: 10.1021/jp500946y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ana F. Lucena
- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, km 139.7, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, km 139.7, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, km 139.7, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Camp C, Antunes MA, García G, Ciofini I, Santos IC, Pécaut J, Almeida M, Marçalo J, Mazzanti M. Two-electron versus one-electron reduction of chalcogens by uranium(iii): synthesis of a terminal U(v) persulfide complex. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc52742e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Arnold PL, Farnaby JH, White RC, Kaltsoyannis N, Gardiner MG, Love JB. Switchable π-coordination and C–H metallation in small-cavity macrocyclic uranium and thorium complexes. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc52072b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Actinide complexes of a small-cavity, dipyrrolide macrocycle exhibit unusual bent metallocene-type binding, or bis(arene)-type binding, or both at once in a di-uranium adduct.
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- Polly L. Arnold
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry
- University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry
- University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry
- University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry
- University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK
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Williams UJ, Robinson JR, Lewis AJ, Carroll PJ, Walsh PJ, Schelter EJ. Synthesis, bonding, and reactivity of a cerium(IV) fluoride complex. Inorg Chem 2013; 53:27-9. [PMID: 24313793 DOI: 10.1021/ic402769u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Oxidation of Ce[N(SiMe3)2]3 in the presence of PF6(-) or BF4(-) afforded isolation of CeF[N(SiMe3)2]3. Structural and electrochemical characterization shows that this compound is in its tetravalent oxidation state and contains a terminal fluoride ligand. Spectroscopy and density functional theory have been used to characterize the Ce-F bond as ionic, which is reinforced by an initial reactivity study that demonstrates the nucleophilicity of the fluoride ligand.
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- Ursula J Williams
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Cation‐Mediated Conversion of the State of Charge in Uranium Arene Inverted‐Sandwich Complexes. Chemistry 2013; 19:17528-40. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Behrle AC, Barnes CL, Kaltsoyannis N, Walensky JR. Systematic Investigation of Thorium(IV)– and Uranium(IV)–Ligand Bonding in Dithiophosphonate, Thioselenophosphinate, and Diselenophosphonate Complexes. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:10623-31. [DOI: 10.1021/ic401642a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Andrew C. Behrle
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri−Columbia, 601 S. College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211-7600, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri−Columbia, 601 S. College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211-7600, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Christopher Ingold
Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri−Columbia, 601 S. College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211-7600, United States
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Brown JL, Fortier S, Wu G, Kaltsoyannis N, Hayton TW. Synthesis and Spectroscopic and Computational Characterization of the Chalcogenido-Substituted Analogues of the Uranyl Ion, [OUE]2+ (E = S, Se). J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:5352-5. [DOI: 10.1021/ja402068j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jessie L. Brown
- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Christopher
Ingold Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Mountain ARE, Kaltsoyannis N. Do QTAIM metrics correlate with the strength of heavy element–ligand bonds? Dalton Trans 2013; 42:13477-86. [DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51337h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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